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AEK Athens

1970–71 season
Chairman	Kosmas Chatzicharalampous
Manager	Branko Stanković
Stadium	AEK Stadium
Alpha Ethniki	1st
Greek Cup	Semi-finals
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Mimis Papaioannou (27) All: Mimis Papaioannou (37)
Highest home attendance	29,429 vs Iraklis (14 February 1971)
Lowest home attendance	6,713 vs Egaleo (25 October 1970)
Average home league attendance	19,397
Biggest win	AEK Athens 20–0 Kipoupoli
Biggest defeat	Twente 3–0 AEK Athens
Home colours
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The 1970–71 season was the 47th season in the existence of AEK Athens F.C. and the 12th consecutive season in the top flight of Greek football. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. The season began on 2 September 1970 and finished on 27 June 1971.

Overview

This season AEK Athens showed that were ready to claim titles and distinctions. Branko Stanković completed the renewall of the roster that he started from the previous season.

AEK began their competitive obligations with the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, where the draw for the first round brought them against the newly-formed Dutch Twente. Due to the unsuitability of AEK Stadium, the first match took place at Karaiskakis Stadium. At the 7th minute, after a cross by Pahlplatz, Konstantinidis miscalculated the trajectory of the ball that passed past him and van de Kerkhof sent it into the net. Afterwards, the Dutchmen played to keep their goalpost intact. Eventually, Twente left an important win in their hands, which gave them a big advantage for the 2nd leg. The rematch at Diekman Stadion emerged into a total disaster for AEK from its start to its end. At the 30th minute, Konstantinidis was injured and AEK had to play for the rest of the game with the 36-year-old, Serafidis. By the end of the first half, the Dutchmen secured the qualification within 6 minutes, with 2 goals by Pahlplatz and van de Kerkhof. Moreover, the start of the second half found Twente expanding their lead as Pahlplatz made the final 3–0 and AEK were eliminated from the competition without scoring a single goal.

In the Greek Cup, the club reached easily the semi-finals achieving victories with many goals against their opponents with a remarkable 20–0 win against the local amateur club, Kipoupoli, on a Papaemmanouil's 7-goal performance and a 10–0 win against Agia Eleousa. In the semi-final they faced PAOK in Toumba Stadium and were eliminated with a dramatic 3–2 defeat.

Even though they were eliminated from the other competitions, AEK played spectacular football in general, while they also demonstrated a solid defensive performance as they concieded only 18 league goals. The matches that stood out this season from the league was a 8–2 win against Veria, which marks the highest scoring league victory in their history, while they also achieved another 6-goal win against Proodeftiki in a match that ended 6–0. The club remained undefeated for 12 games and after a brief fall in their performance in the middle of the season, finished the league with a total of only 3 defeats. Their great performance was rewarded with the conquest of the league, relatively early on in the season. Even though Panionios finished second with a distance of only 5 points from the top, AEK never faced any threats in claiming the title. Mimis Papaioannou adapted perfectly under his new role behind the strikers and scored league 27 goals, while Kostas Nikolaidis also had a great performance scoring 15 goals. As the season was approaching to its end, the club was beginning to struggle financially. The administrative disputes and the over the top for the time demands of the players, which appeared within the club, resulted in a series of issues. Those issues would mark the start of a declining period for AEK.

Players

Squad information

NOTE: The players are the ones that have been announced by the AEK Athens' press release. No edits should be made unless a player arrival or exit is announced. Updated 27 June 1971, 23:59 UTC+2.

Player	Nat.	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Signed	Previous club	Transfer fee	Contract until
Goalkeepers
Stelios Serafidis		GK	(1935-08-06)6 August 1935 (aged 35)	1953	AEK Athens U20	—	1972
Stelios Konstantinidis		GK	(1947-06-06)6 June 1947 (aged 24)	1967	AEK Athens U20	—	1973
Giorgos Daditsos		GK	(1953-03-09)9 March 1953 (aged 18)	1970	AEK Athens U20	—	1975
Defenders
Giorgos Kefalidis		RB / CB	(1941-03-21)21 March 1941 (aged 30)	1964	Pierikos	Free	1972
Dimitris Liakouris		CB	1947 (aged 23–24)	1970	Oropos	Free	1975
Apostolos Toskas		CB	(1947-12-28)28 December 1947 (aged 23)	1969	Trikala	Free	1979
Nikos Karapoulitidis		CB / RB	(1948-11-30)30 November 1948 (aged 22)	1967	Free agent	Free	1975
Stefanos Theodoridis		CB / RB	(1950-06-19)19 June 1950 (aged 21)	1969	AEK Athens U20	—	1978
Kostas Triantafyllou		CB / DM	1950 (aged 20–21)	1969	AEK Athens U20	—	1972
Midfielders
Stelios Skevofilakas		LM / RM / AM	(1939-01-06)6 January 1939 (aged 32)	1960	Eleftheroupoli	Free	1972
Panagiotis Ventouris		AM / SS	(1943-03-01)1 March 1943 (aged 28)	1965	Fostiras	₯435,000	1972
Nikos Stathopoulos		LM / LB	(1943-11-08)8 November 1943 (aged 27)	1965	AEK Athens U20	—	1974
Lakis Avramidis		DM	1945 (aged 25–26)	1970	Olympiakos Nicosia	Free	1975
Giorgos Karafeskos		CM / DM / RM / RW	(1946-12-08)8 December 1946 (aged 24)	1963	AEK Athens U20	—	1974
Giorgos Lavaridis		CM / DM	(1947-10-15)15 October 1947 (aged 23)	1968	AEK Athens U20	—	1975
Forwards
Andreas Papaemmanouil		RW / LW / SS / ST	(1939-02-18)18 February 1939 (aged 32)	1969	Canterbury	Free	1972
Mimis Papaioannou (Captain)		SS / ST / AM	(1942-08-23)23 August 1942 (aged 28)	1962	Veria	₯175,000	1979
Spyros Pomonis		LW / LM	(1944-02-12)12 February 1944 (aged 27)	1960	AEK Athens U20	—	1973
Kostas Nikolaidis		RW / LW / SS / ST	(1944-09-10)10 September 1944 (aged 26)	1965	PAO Safrabolis	Free	1973
Kostas Chanios		ST / SS	1947 (aged 23–24)	1969	Levadiakos	Free	1972
Giorgos Kachris		RW / LW / RM / LM	1949 (aged 21–22)	1969	Amyna Ampelokipoi	Free	1972
Dimitris Palasidis		ST	1950 (aged 20–21)	1969	Lefkada Imathias	₯150,000	1972
Panagiotis Psychogios		ST	(1950-12-23)23 December 1950 (aged 20)	1969	AEK Athens U20	—	1972

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date	Contract Until	Source
GK	Giorgos Daditsos	AEK Athens U20	Promotion	1 July 1970	30 June 1975
DF	Dimitris Liakouris	Oropos	Free transfer	1 July 1970	30 June 1975
MF	Lakis Avramidis	Olympiakos Nicosia	Free transfer	1 July 1970	30 June 1975

Out

Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Tasos Vasiliou	Ionikos	End of contract	1 July 1970
DF	Fotis Balopoulos	Vyzas Megara	End of contract	1 July 1970
DF	Lakis Fragoudakis	Free agent	End of contract	1 July 1970
DF	Giannis Spyropoulos	Free agent	End of contract	1 July 1970
MF	Minas Stavridis	Vyzas Megara	End of contract	1 July 1970
FW	Kostas Sarris	Pannafpliakos	End of contract	1 July 1970

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure: ₯0

Income: ₯0

Net Total: ₯0

Pre-season and friendlies

13 August 1970 Friendly	Florina	2–4	AEK Athens	Florina
				Stadium: Florina Municipal Stadium

26 August 1970 Friendly	Neapoli Piraeus	2–4	AEK Athens	Nikaia
				Stadium: Neapoli Stadium

28 August 1970 Friendly	Vyzas Megara	0–4	AEK Athens	Piraeus
				Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium

6 September 1970 Friendly	Paniliakos	2–1	AEK Athens	Pyrgos
	Nestoridis 71'			Stadium: Pyrgos Stadium
Note: Kostas Nestoridis was the coach of Paniliakos at that time. He played in the match against his former club and scored the winning goal with a free-kick.

12 September 1970 Friendly	Ethnikos Piraeus	3–0	AEK Athens	Piraeus
				Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium

11 October 1970 Friendly	AEK Athens	1–0	Panathinaikos	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: AEK Stadium

12 May 1971 Friendly	AEK Athens	3–1	Ikaros Athens	Nea Filadelfeia
				Stadium: AEK Stadium

Competitions

Overall record

Last updated: 13 June 1971
Source: Competitions

Alpha Ethniki

League table

Results summary

Source: Competitive matches

Results by Matchday

Fixtures

Greek Cup

Matches

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

First round

2 September 1971 First leg	AEK Athens	0–1	Twente	Piraeus, Greece
17:30 EET (UTC+2)		Report	R. van de Kerkhof 12'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 26,124 Referee: Josip Strmečki (Yugoslavia)
Note: The match was held at Karaiskakis Stadium, since the pitch of AEK Stadium was not suitable to host matches and Olympiacos did not have any European obligations at the time.

8 September 1970 Second leg	Twente	3–0 (4–0 agg.)	AEK Athens	Enschede, Netherlands
	Pahlplatz 37', 50' R. van de Kerkhof 43'	Report		Stadium: Diekman Stadion Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Ken Burns (England)

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 27 June 1971

No.	Pos	Player	Alpha Ethniki		Greek Cup		Inter-Cities Fairs Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
—	GK	Stelios Serafidis	2	0	3	0	1	0	6	0
—	GK	Stelios Konstantinidis	34	0	8	0	2	0	44	0
—	GK	Giorgos Daditsos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
—	DF	Giorgos Kefalidis	26	0	7	0	2	0	35	0
—	DF	Dimitris Liakouris	5	0	3	0	0	0	8	0
—	DF	Apostolos Toskas	32	0	7	0	2	0	41	0
—	DF	Nikos Karapoulitidis	2	0	4	0	1	0	7	0
—	DF	Stefanos Theodoridis	30	0	7	1	1	0	38	1
—	DF	Kostas Triantafyllou	25	0	8	0	2	0	35	0
Midfielders
—	MF	Stelios Skevofilakas	26	2	8	3	2	0	36	5
—	MF	Panagiotis Ventouris	21	2	9	4	2	0	32	6
—	MF	Nikos Stathopoulos	30	2	8	2	2	0	40	4
—	MF	Lakis Avramidis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	MF	Giorgos Karafeskos	25	5	6	4	0	0	31	9
—	MF	Giorgos Lavaridis	32	2	7	5	2	0	41	7
Forwards
—	FW	Andreas Papaemmanouil	29	3	9	13	1	0	39	16
—	FW	Mimis Papaioannou	34	27	8	10	2	0	44	37
—	FW	Spyros Pomonis	25	5	7	5	2	0	34	10
—	FW	Kostas Nikolaidis	34	15	8	8	2	0	44	23
—	FW	Kostas Chanios	4	0	4	0	0	0	8	0
—	FW	Giorgos Kachris	13	3	4	2	0	0	17	5
—	FW	Dimitris Palasidis	2	0	2	1	0	0	4	1
—	FW	Panagiotis Psychogios	4	0	3	1	0	0	7	1

Goalscorers

As of 27 June 1971

Rank	Pos.	Player	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Total
1	FW	Mimis Papaioannou	27	10	0	37
2	FW	Kostas Nikolaidis	15	8	0	23
3	FW	Andreas Papaemmanouil	3	13	0	16
4	FW	Spyros Pomonis	5	5	0	10
5	MF	Giorgos Karafeskos	5	4	0	9
6	MF	Giorgos Lavaridis	2	5	0	7
7	MF	Panagiotis Ventouris	2	4	0	6
8	FW	Giorgos Kachris	3	2	0	5
	MF	Stelios Skevofilakas	2	3	0	5
10	MF	Nikos Stathopoulos	2	2	0	4
11	DF	Stefanos Theodoridis	0	1	0	1
	FW	Dimitris Palasidis	0	1	0	1
	FW	Panagiotis Psychogios	0	1	0	1
Own goals			1	0	0	1
Totals			67	59	0	126

Hat-tricks

Numbers in superscript represent the goals that the player scored.

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Source
Stelios Skevofilakas	Kipoupoli	20–0 (H)	13 September 1970	Greek Cup
Andreas Papaemmanouil	Kipoupoli	20–0 (H)	13 September 1970	Greek Cup
Giorgos Lavaridis	Kipoupoli	20–0 (H)	13 September 1970	Greek Cup
Spyros Pomonis	Kipoupoli	20–0 (H)	13 September 1970	Greek Cup
Mimis Papaioannou	Agia Eleousa	10–0 (H)	30 September 1970	Greek Cup
Mimis Papaioannou	Veria	8–2 (H)	4 November 1970	Alpha Ethniki
Mimis Papaioannou	EPA Larnaca	3–0 (H)	7 March 1971	Alpha Ethniki
Mimis Papaioannou	OFI	4–0 (H)	28 March 1971	Alpha Ethniki

Clean sheets

The list is sorted by competition order when total clean sheets are equal and then alphabetically by surname. Clean sheets in games where both goalkeepers participated are awarded to the goalkeeper who started the game. Goalkeepers with no appearances are not included.

As of 27 June 1971

Rank	Player	Alpha Ethniki	Greek Cup	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Total
1	Stelios Konstantinidis	21	3	0	24
2	Stelios Serafidis	0	2	0	2
Totals		21	5	0	26

Disciplinary record

As of 27 June 1971

N	P	Nat.	Name	Alpha Ethniki			Greek Cup			Inter-Cities Fairs Cup			Total			Notes
Goalkeepers
—	GK		Stelios Serafidis
—	GK		Stelios Konstantinidis
—	GK		Giorgos Daditsos
Defenders
—	DF		Giorgos Kefalidis
—	DF		Dimitris Liakouris
—	DF		Apostolos Toskas			1									1
—	DF		Nikos Karapoulitidis
—	DF		Stefanos Theodoridis
—	DF		Kostas Triantafyllou
Midfielders
—	MF		Stelios Skevofilakas
—	MF		Panagiotis Ventouris
—	MF		Nikos Stathopoulos
—	MF		Lakis Avramidis
—	MF		Giorgos Karafeskos
—	MF		Giorgos Lavaridis
Forwards
—	FW		Andreas Papaemmanouil
—	FW		Mimis Papaioannou
—	FW		SSpyros Pomonis
—	FW		Kostas Nikolaidis
—	FW		Kostas Chanios
—	FW		Giorgos Kachris
—	FW		Dimitris Palasidis
—	FW		Panagiotis Psychogios

Awards

Player	Pos.	Award	Source
Andreas Papaemmanouil	FW	Greek Cup Top Scorer

References

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External links

• AEK Athens F.C. Official Website
• A.E.K. FC Database

• AEK Athens F.C. seasons
• Greek football clubs 1970–71 season
• Greek football championship–winning seasons